USC at California
Saturday, October 26, 1963 Share
USC beat California 36–6. It was their 53rd meeting; after it, USC led the series 27–19–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 50°FAttendance 41,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1963, page 1
Read the text
California Clipped By rojans, 36–6 BERKELEY, Calf, Oct. 26 tAP)-Two sizzling punt run backs by Halfback Willie Brown Started Southern Cal, the de- Tending Big Six champion, on the way to a 1915 victory over California today in the confer ence opener for both teams. What Brown started, Trojan Quarterback Pete Beathard finished. Beathard completed seven of “A pass attempts, including a 35-yard touchdown toss to Brown. Craig Fertig acted as Beathard’s replacement, COM pleting seven Of eight for two touchdowns. Between them they helped use build a $50 halftime lead, The expected passing battle between Beathard and Bear Quarterback Craig Morton didn’t develop’ as the Trojans made a
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
USC 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every USC–California gameOfficially, USC leads 72–32–6; as played, 72–31–5 in the 108 games on file; the official count covers all 112 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
| 2023 | USC 50, California 49 | |
| 2022 | USC 41, California 35 | |
| 2021 | California 24, USC 14 | |
| 2019 | USC 41, California 17 | |
| 2018 | California 15, USC 14 | |
| 2017 | USC 30, California 20 |
Around this game
USC
- Next gameat WashingtonNov. 2, 1963
- SeasonUSC in 1963
- ProgramUSC history and records
California
- Next gameat UCLANov. 2, 1963
- SeasonCalifornia in 1963
- ProgramCalifornia history and records

